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Post by cryonics on Aug 30, 2010 20:52:16 GMT -5
I will be there for the German side along with my son and Tom. Looking forward to it.
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Post by cryonics on Jun 17, 2010 17:42:05 GMT -5
This sound pretty cool. Would love to attend, but August is a tough month for me with lots of family events. May have to make a last minute decision on this one as the 21st gets closer.
If I do go I would most likely spend the Friday night camping, since it is a long drive and maybe even Saturday night for the post event jamboree. Is this something many people are going to be doing or is everybody coming Saturday morning and leaving that night?
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Post by cryonics on Jun 15, 2010 13:23:11 GMT -5
That is a nice looking rifle. Definitely pricey. Did also see something similar on WWII guns for a little less but not sure if it is still available.
Hey, Bob, glad to see you are back. Sent you a PM for the 2 Stick Grenades you purchased along with my Paypal address. Have not received anything from you yet. Please let me know if you need the address again.
JP
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Post by cryonics on Jun 13, 2010 21:44:26 GMT -5
Hey Rekkon, very nice and thourough AAR. Nice job, brought me right back to the event, you hit all the high points.
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Post by cryonics on Jun 8, 2010 10:22:34 GMT -5
Sorry guys, did not know there was an AAR site set up. Was blindly posting in the other forum. Noobie mistake I just wanted to say that being our first WW2 reenactment event that we thoroughly enjoyed it and are totally hooked. The authenticity that every one exhibited was fabulous and really made us feel like we were thrown back in time. Having spent several months trying to perfect my tunic impression, I was disappointed that the heat and humidity forced me to have to fight in a Service shirt. Even with that, I was still sweating quite profusely as many of you probably saw from my water soaked attire. I probably would have dealt with the tunic if it were not for the glasses fogging up and being totally blind. Gerry I know you are very much into being in proper attire and I truly respect and appreciate that; I apologize for letting you down in that regard especially after all the advice you offered and your great Facebook site re the topic. I also want to thank Gerry for doing such a fantastic job putting the German camp together. Your props and Halbeiserne Portions were fabulous, delicious and really added to the environment. The music was delightful and you looked and acted the part perfectly. Piper, thank you for putting this together. I believe this was your first WW2 event and I can only imagine that future ones will get even better. I would not miss them for anything. We met some really great people that made us feel very welcome and very at home. I thank you all for being so gracious. I know I made some mistakes in some of the items we brought and attire we wore and many of you were kind enough to correct us. I also know that next time we will be 100% better now that we have gotten a flavor for what these events are all about. I am already starting work on another tunic that will not be quite as hot for future events, as I know how important it is for everyone to be in proper impression for the enjoyment of all participants. I hope some of you will not mind if I seek advice from you once in a while. At the time I was amazed that many of you came from so far away, Wisconsin, Virginia and so forth, but having had the experience, I realize that I would hop on the first plane out there to go to one of these just as far away. This is a great sport, hobby, game and I am hooked. There were many many great moments, way too many to recount here but to name a few: What a thrill when Piper and his group did the 3 grenade coordinated attack on the village. I remember hearing the grenades going off, hearing the machine gun fire and looking at the village engulfed in smoke and thinking "holy crap! they are going to overrun us". As I ran to the village I saw the whole German army mobilize and converge on the village. As we fought, our fearless leader Gerry laid dead in the street, but we fought on and repelled the attack only to squash the last GI with a grenade thrown over the building. What a high, it was an awesome and thrilling moment. Another memorable experience was watching sentry over the side trail for potential incursions and hearing Gerry on the other side of the field giving orders to the cannons. Hearing him speaking in German and yelling "Fire!" I felt his commanding and confident voice echo throughout the valley only to be reinforced by the loud bang of the cannons. I was thrown back in time and truly felt like I was at the front in Normandie. To the poor SS soldier that shot me in the back as I was trying to rejoin Ersatzjack in his position. No harm done, this kind of stuff happens and having been in a brown Service shirt, I am sure it was easy to confuse me with a GI. To the GI that I shot dead and who walked down the hill to his mates yelling "He is in the pile of logs!" ... Dead men don't talk. To Ryan (Wolfgang?), who was our unit leader, you were very kind and considerate of me and my son, thank you. It was an honor to serve under your command and a pleasure to have met you. To the Ersatzjack brothers, you guys are great, and really left us with warm feelings. You made us feel very welcome and did not make us feel out of place at any time. I did have a hard time telling the two of you apart, but I am sure over time, I will figure it out . You two were fearless warriors and it was very comforting knowing you were nearby whenever I was in the field. I enjoyed watching you pick off the Americans with your custom Mauser's and impressed at your one shot kills. Against short range machine guns, it appeared it was no contest. Gerry I am very sorry that no one stayed behind for the awards, I know my group was not aware that they were being held as it looked like everyone was leaving. Had we known, we would have definitely stayed. I know you put lots of time and effort in putting these awards together and I can only imagine how disappointing it must have been. I do want to thank you for the recognition and hopefully next time I will be able to stay in full impression the entire time. To all the great people I met, some for only a brief moment, thank you for a fantastic time and for being such good sports. This was a memorable experience that Tom, my son and I will cherish for a long time. I guess that is enough ranting, I will close by saying that you can add a new WW2 reenactor to your midst as I am sure I will be seeing some of you again. JP McCormick aka Cryonics aka Manfred
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Post by cryonics on Jun 7, 2010 21:44:25 GMT -5
Same here Piper. Being our first WW2 reenactment, this one got us hooked. Nice job, I am sure the next ones will only get better. We had an absolute blast and were very impressed at how realistic every one looked and acted. I realize we were newbies, but hopefully we fit in at least half way. I am sure over time we will look just as authentic as the rest of you.
Your counter attack on the village with the 3 grenade launch was awesome and really got our whole side in total mobilization. Felt like Armageddon was befalling our village.
Thanks again for a fantastic time, we thoroughly enjoyed it and would not miss another one.
Cryonics aka Manfred
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Post by cryonics on Jun 2, 2010 12:02:50 GMT -5
Piper, are we going to need to bring our red rags for when we are shot? Are we even using them?
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Post by cryonics on Jun 2, 2010 10:12:29 GMT -5
It is with some regret and major disapointment that I must withdraw from this game. For some months it has been on a again off again with finances and stuff allowing me to go to this game. Some personal family stuff has come up again overnight and I need to be here with my family to take care of it. I am sorry for the back and forth and do hope you all have a good time. Yes, that is very disappointing to hear. If there is anything we can do to help to make it easier for you to come please do not hesitate to ask.
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Post by cryonics on Jun 1, 2010 22:05:27 GMT -5
Here is a good video on how to use the pull pin grenade. The stick grenade is very similar except you pull a cord at the base of the grenade just like the real thing. For those that are getting some, you may want to review this so you know what to expect when you arm it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfd8gW7zmgEThis one shows all the types of grenades offered by TLSFX including the stick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2SlX41a1wI
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Post by cryonics on Jun 1, 2010 21:47:01 GMT -5
If available, I'll take two stick grenades too, cryonics. Thanks! You got it. Total 18 gone. Just got two stick grenades left and 2 pull pins to give out.
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Post by cryonics on Jun 1, 2010 20:36:21 GMT -5
Cryonics ~ I'd like to claim 2 of the sticks. Bob ~ Ahhhh come on..what about a purple mohawk? You got it. 15 stick grenades spoken for.
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Post by cryonics on Jun 1, 2010 18:18:18 GMT -5
Well I finally signed up ;D and would just like to let people know that I will certainly need some "sprucing up" I will not be there Friday but will be there early Saturday morning. And what is the deal with these grenades are they one time use or reusable? Glad you signed up, welcome The grenades are one time use. Very loud and very realistic. They explode dried peas. From the videos I have seen, they will scare the pants out of anyone in the vicinity of one. I only have 8 pull pins and so far 6 are spoken for. I have 20 stick grenades and so far 13 are spoken for.
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Post by cryonics on Jun 1, 2010 10:15:02 GMT -5
Here is a picture of what the grenades look like. Attachments:
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Post by cryonics on Jun 1, 2010 9:44:40 GMT -5
Almost time! Piper there was some talk about some grenades being bought that would be sold at the event did that ever happen or was their not enough interest for that to happen? The vendor required purchasing whole cases of grenades so I believe there may not have been enough interest to get that many together for the Brecourt. I did end up purchasing some Stick grenades and pull pin grenades for my group to use at this event and figured what was left over I could use for games I have been holding here at my house. By the time you factor in shipping and the Hazmat fee the cost for each stick grenade came to a little over $9 and the pull pins over $8. If any one is interested in some let me know via PM and I can bring extra. To keep it simple I will sell them for $10 each (stick or pull pin). Due to their price, I have not tried one yet and figured I would wait until this weekend to see them in action but I have seen them on video's in the UK and they seem quite cool.
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Post by cryonics on May 25, 2010 15:22:21 GMT -5
With a day like today, I am a little worried about my wool tunic. If we get something similar during the event, I may die of heat exhaustion before the first shot of the battle
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Post by cryonics on May 25, 2010 15:16:02 GMT -5
MP-40 uses M-14 hi-cap Mags too How did you manage that mod? That is the one thing I do not like about the MP40's is their low capacity mags.
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Post by cryonics on May 20, 2010 20:58:57 GMT -5
I can vouch for this Ebay vendor as I have ordered several tunics from them and they are excellent quality and look quite authentic. I do agree that unless you order in the next day you probably will not get it in time for the event. Mine took about 2 weeks+ to get here. On another note I found an excellent fire sale on great German helmets on Amazon. Try this www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014IL14G/ref=oss_product. Ignore the guy that is wearing it way too high on his head. I have these and they are excellent quality and fit great, very heavy duty steel and quite authentic.
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Post by cryonics on May 13, 2010 21:55:02 GMT -5
Thanks a bunch Piper, the reissuing of cards was the one part I missed in the whole instructions Nice try Fusilier, hopefully I won't mistake you for a GI out there
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Post by cryonics on May 13, 2010 13:25:45 GMT -5
When you take a hit, pull out your wound card and examine it. If you are dead: - Please do not talk or walk around while the battle is progressing, it is extremely distracting to other individuals. Instead sit or lay tight until the battle has passed by. - Once it has, you may walk to the far rear (preferably to a battalion aid station) where you may quietly talk so others are not distracted. Once your card is used up for the battle, your next hit renders you dead. I have a few questions based on the above. When it says you are "dead". Does this mean you are out of the game for the duration of the event? So for example if on the first day at 7PM I am either shot twice or got a "dead" card, am I done battling for the event? I am trying to see if there is a difference in this context between "battle" and "event", or if a battle is just a sub-section of the entire event and one can die many times during the entire two days.
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Post by cryonics on May 12, 2010 10:22:04 GMT -5
Re staying over. I assume we would be able to sleep on the premises like the night before or would we have to go home and come back the next day?
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Post by cryonics on May 11, 2010 18:19:15 GMT -5
Hello everyone, PS, Sunday, June 6 is a regular AirSoft day at the farm, For those of you who would like to stay over and play that day in uniform are welcome to do so at no cost A $20.00 value there is a lunch served for $5.00 extra if we have enough Allied and German players we can take on the modern airsofters.
Signed piper That sounds very tempting. Would be kinda cool to have modern warfare against WWII. When would you need to know and when can we find out if there would be enough participants? Might be interested if there were enough people staying
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Post by cryonics on Apr 20, 2010 17:34:18 GMT -5
The guns for the event are finished and are awaiting deployment and defense by a German unit." Those guns are so cool I think Piper should raffle them off or auction them at the end of the event. Would be a shame to have them go into mothball afterwards.
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Post by cryonics on Apr 9, 2010 18:18:19 GMT -5
Wow! That is quite the ride. Weather in June should be good, so it might be enjoyable. Just make sure you arrive well rested, wouldn't want you to fall asleep during a skirmish
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Post by cryonics on Apr 4, 2010 16:45:27 GMT -5
Wunderbar!! Can't wait to defend these babies.
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Post by cryonics on Apr 3, 2010 19:06:47 GMT -5
Very cool! Now I am really glad we picked the German side Nice job Piper! Trying to get more of my friends to participate in this event, will definitely be worth it
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Post by cryonics on Mar 26, 2010 18:22:53 GMT -5
Rations? You mean we have to fill our own mess tins? Switching to the French side, at least they have baguettes
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Post by cryonics on Mar 22, 2010 23:18:03 GMT -5
Question for Piper:
I have a friend that may be interested in one of the Medic positions but they have a few questions.
1) Can a medic be female. I realize this is period recreation and did not know if there were any female medics in the field during WWII. 2) Can medics be shot at. 3) Do medics carry weapons.
My wife may be interested in one of the villager positions.
1) What exactly does a villager do all day. 2) Where do villagers sleep at night 3) Is there an age limit for villagers (ie. can a 8 year old be there with their mother)
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Post by cryonics on Mar 19, 2010 21:53:07 GMT -5
That is incredible! Nice job Piper! I can't wait to defend that beautiful piece of equipment
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Post by cryonics on Mar 6, 2010 8:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by cryonics on Mar 3, 2010 22:37:48 GMT -5
He's sportin a kilt...traditionally Cool, my wife will come for sure now
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